Editing Milwaukee (section)

===Cityscape===
{{See also|List of tallest buildings in Milwaukee|Neighborhoods of Milwaukee}}
[[File:Milwaukee Boat Line tour July 2022 50 (Historic Third Ward).jpg|thumb|The [[Historic Third Ward (Milwaukee)|Historic Third Ward]] from the Milwaukee River]]

North–south streets are numbered, and east–west streets are named. However, north–south streets east of 1st Street are named, like east–west streets. The north–south numbering line is along the Menomonee River (east of Hawley Road) and Fairview Avenue/Golfview Parkway (west of Hawley Road), with the east–west numbering line defined along 1st Street (north of Oklahoma Avenue) and Chase/Howell Avenue (south of Oklahoma Avenue). This numbering system is also used to the north by [[Mequon]] in [[Ozaukee County]], and by some [[Waukesha County]] communities.

Milwaukee is crossed by [[Interstate 43]] and [[Interstate 94]], which come together [[Downtown Milwaukee|downtown]] at the [[Marquette Interchange]]. The [[Interstate 894]] bypass (which as of May 2015 also contains [[Interstate 41]]) runs through portions of the city's southwest side, and [[Interstate 794]] comes out of the Marquette interchange eastbound, bends south along the lakefront and crosses the harbor over the [[Hoan Bridge]], then ends near the [[Bay View, Milwaukee|Bay View]] [[Neighborhoods of Milwaukee|neighborhood]] and becomes the "Lake Parkway" ([[Wisconsin Highway 794|WIS-794]]).

One of the distinctive traits of Milwaukee's residential areas are the neighborhoods full of so-called [[Polish flat]]s. These are two-[[family]] [[home]]s with separate entrances, but with the units stacked one on top of another instead of side-by-side. This arrangement enables a family of limited means to purchase both a home and a modestly priced [[rental]] [[apartment]] unit. Since [[Polish-American]] immigrants to the area prized land ownership, this solution, which was prominent in their areas of settlement within the city, came to be associated with them.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cross|first=John A.|title=Ethnic Landscapes of America|publisher=Springer|year=2017|isbn=978-3-319-54009-2|location=Cham, Switzerland|pages=310}}</ref>

The tallest building in the city is the [[U.S. Bank Center (Milwaukee)|U.S. Bank Center]], completed in 1973. In 2024 ''[[Architectural Digest]]'', a prominent design publication, rated Milwaukee's skyline as the 15th most beautiful skyline in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McLaughlin|first=Katherine|date=June 26, 2024|title=The 17 Most Beautiful Skylines in the World|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/the-most-beautiful-skylines-in-the-world|access-date=July 3, 2024|website=Architectural Digest|language=en-US}}</ref>

{{wide image|CityscapeMilwaukee2023.jpg|650px|align-cap=center|[[Downtown Milwaukee]]}}